House of the Grand Portal
House of the Grand Portal is a house in Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. House of the Grand Portal is situated nearby to House with Garden, as well as near Samnite House.Photo: Quinok, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: House
- Description: Roman patrician domus buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, Herculaneum, Naples
- Also known as: “Great Portal house”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herculaneum and Villa of the Papyri.
Herculaneum
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herculaneum is a town close to Naples in Campania, Italy. It is named after the ruined Roman city which forms its main attraction. Herculaneum was destroyed by an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, the same eruption that destroyed Pompeii.
Villa of the Papyri
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in 1750. Villa of the Papyri is situated 260 metres northwest of House of the Grand Portal.
College of the Augustales
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
College of the Augustales is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ercolano and Portici.
Ercolano
Town
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ercolano is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples.
Portici
Town
Photo: Ferdinando Scala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portici is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in Italy. It has 51,351 inhabitants.
Torre del Greco
Town
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Torre del Greco is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 as of 2016. The locals are sometimes called Corallini because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and because the city has been a major producer of coral jewellery and cameo brooches since the seventeenth century. Torre del Greco is situated 2½ km southeast of House of the Grand Portal.
House of the Grand Portal
- Categories: domus, ancient Roman structure, building, archaeological site, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.80594° or 40° 48′ 21″ northLongitude
14.34761° or 14° 20′ 51″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR84X+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 305741669OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q16537527
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“House of the Grand Portal” goes by many names.
- German: “Casa del Gran Portale”
- Italian: “Casa del Gran Portale”
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Highlights include House with Garden and Samnite House.
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